Guran, Paula: Best New Paranormal Romance

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[jayamei]

It's interesting what you say about Rebecca York and romance in a paranormal setting vs. a paranormal story with a romantic subplot. They really ARE different. It feels like the former is more popular than the latter - I often notice reviews on Amazon or wherever where a romance reader picked up a book expecting something like a romance in a paranormal setting and finding instead a paranormal story with romance as a much smaller thread to the greater story and they are really disappointed. Oh well, I could be wrong about this generalization. But sometimes I wonder if this has something to do with Luna books cancelling a lot of their books. I personally prefer romance as a subplot, though I can read a good romance every now and again. If you haven't already heard of it - romanticsf.com is a website with lots of reviews on fantasy/sci fi with romance thrown in. They even have an rss feed on LJ.

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I think the biggest difference is where these books get shelved. I think a romance reader should probably know she's (or he!) not getting the traditional, happy-ending romance if the title is shelved in the SF/F section, you know? And for titles like Maria Snyder's POISON STUDY, they could be shelved in both places.

But yeah, huge difference. :) And thanks for the website rec! What's the LJ link? :)

[jayamei]

True, where things are shelved adds to the confusion. Here's the link to the feed:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/romanticsf/profile

[calico_reaction]

Thanks! Now that I think of it, I have seen that site! It doesn't get updated too often, unfortunately...

[jayamei]

Yeah, I wish they would update more. And it seems to be down today. I really like their upcoming books feature. There is a flurry of activity happening on its yahoo group though. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RomanticSF

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Huh. And thanks for the group link! :)